Philadelphia 11 reflections: Allison Cheek and Carter Heyward

The Rev. Allison Cheek and the Rev. Carter Heyward reflect on the meaning and continuing challenge of the Philadelphia 11 ordinations. Cheek and Heyward were two of the 11 who were ordained without the Episcopal Church's explicit permission on July 29, 1974.

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Fredrica Harris Thompsett, the Mary Wolfe Professor Emerita of Historical Theology at the Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, reflects on the lessons taught to the church by the ordinations of the Philadelphia 11 40 years ago. She was the keynote speaker at a symposium July 26 that was part of an anniversary celebration in Philadelphia.